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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Music that is written and performed without regard to any specific key.
Atonal
Classicism
Scherzo
Sonatina
2. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Tuning
Intonation
Relative major and minor
Stretto
3. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Cadenza
Rubato
Homophony
Clavier
4. The highest female voice.
Sequence
Soprano
Cadenza
Impromptu
5. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Chord
Accessible
Polyphony
Grazioso
6. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Cantata
Musicology
Minuet
Etude
7. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Orchestra
Staccato
Interval
Clavier
8. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Key signature
Requiem
Fourth
Register
9. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Da Capo
Exposition
Voice
Chamber music
10. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Sonata form
Virtuoso
Symphony
Operetta
11. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Pitch
Monotone
Sonata
Canon
12. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Grave
Classical
Tablature
Concerto
13. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Tritone
Tonal
Etude
Energico
14. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Baroque
Musicology
Notation
Fourth
15. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Courante
Legato
Soprano
Ensemble
16. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Dynamics
Pastoral
Accessible
Recitative
17. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Exposition
Baroque
Chamber music
Triple time
18. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Key
Maestro
Stretto
Sequence
19. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Minor
Sextet
Mezzo
Octet
20. One of the two modes of the tonal system. Music written in major keys have a positive affirming character.
Major
Finale
Interval
Maestro
21. A string of chords played in succession.
Suite
Interval
Chord progression
Modulation
22. The expression the performer brings when playing his instrument.
Grazioso
Interpretation
Tonal
Pentatonic Scale
23. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Elegy
Maestro
Tuning
Consonance
24. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Rococo
Notation
Triple time
Scordatura
25. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Sonatina
Sonata
Quintet
A cappella
26. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Rondo
Presto
Forte
Monotone
27. A repeated phrase.
Libretto
Ostinato
Operetta
Courante
28. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Movement
Rococo
Rhythm
Tritone
29. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Cantabile
Intonation
Chorale
Encore
30. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Presto
Ricercar
Theme
Rhythm
31. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Flat
Unison
Sonata
Tune
32. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Waltz
Finale
Virtuoso
Verismo
33. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Ligature
Tablature
Maestro
Ensemble
34. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Dynamics
March
Ligature
Carol
35. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
March
Grazioso
Piano
Triplet
36. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Counterpoint
Fugue
Accelerando
Capriccio
37. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Quartet
Consonance
Hymn
Presto
38. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Dissonance
Treble
Tone
Overture
39. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Accessible
Cadenza
Homophony
Homophony
40. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Staff
Concerto
Septet
Quartet
41. A symbol indicating the note is to be raised by one semitone.
Sharp
Refrain
Whole note
Grave
42. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Consonance
Partial
Unison
Vivace
43. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Tone
Reprise
Etude
Accelerando
44. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Time Signature
Scherzo
Partita
Recapitulation
45. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Cadence
Etude
Partial
Unison
46. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Waltz
Vibrato
Pastoral
Song cycle
47. A string of chords played in succession.
Hymn
Chord progression
Maestro
Nonet
48. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Vibrato
March
EnharmonicInterval
Grave
49. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Sonata form
Capriccio
Allegro
Chromatic scale
50. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
Whole note
Slur
A cappella
Operetta